Toshiba Satellite A25 not further than 800x600 SOLVED!!!

[Husse]

I'll make quick explanation
And I think you used google well
The working xorg.conf below with some comments
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device" #this is the default - it's just there to tie it to the monitor
Boardname "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0" #tells the system that it is a PCI card and it's location (first PCI slot)
Driver "vesa" #this is a generic "emergency driver" works always but not too good
Screen 0 #hmm, not quite sure why, but it could be the same as Default Screen
Vendorname "Trident"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display" #LCD display to tell the system that the old card has a new(er) monitor
Modelname "LCD Panel 1024x768"
Horizsync 31.5-48.0 # this is very wrong - should have 39.0 - 56.0 change to 32 - 56
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0 # vertical refresh
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device" #these three to tie the sections together
Defaultdepth 24 # colour depth
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1024x768" "800x600" # modes are often combined with modelines - I've seen it on its own and I'm not sure if they do anything without modelines - let them be it works!
EndSubSection
EndSection[/size]
I'll make a reference to this in your first post

[frodopogo]

I had the same problem with a Toshiba Satellite A25-S207 laptop someone gave me,
after installing Isadora.

I found the solution at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1523412

realzippy's advice in post #7 in the thread worked for me- I only had to type in the monitor section.

Hey, I'll just paste realzippy's advice in here:

"Backup your existing xorg.conf file and try that suggested one:

Code:

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup

Code:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Delete everything in the monitor section and paste in:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30.0-60.0
VertRefresh 50.0-70.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection

EndSection



Save and close and log out/in to restart X server....


BTW.mind that is X11 and not x11 !!"